Toilet-paper



(No Model.)

E. JEROME. TOILET PAPER.

No. 570,806; 7 Patented Nov. 3, 1896.

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EDGAR JEROME, OF NORWALK, CONNECTICUT.

TOILET- PAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 570,806, dated November3, 1896. Application filed January 15 1896- Serial No. 575,631.- (Nospecimens.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR JEROME, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Norwalk, in the county of Fairfield and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements inToilet-Paper, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to toilet-paper of that class capable of handlingand use in packages without a fixture, and composed of sheets or groupsof sheets, each sheet or group of which constitutes a distinct anddefined unit in the package capable of being separately grasped anddisconnected from the package.

In this invention each group or unit of use is composed of two sheets,one of smaller area than the other and placed on the face of the larger,so that there is an edge of the said smaller sheet laid upon the surfaceof the larger, which extends beyond said edge. So made the units orgroups are placed together and secured in the package, and the smallpart of each unit lying upon or against its larger part always has anexposed edge on the larger, thus defining the unit and affording meansfor grasping each unit and of detaching it without pulling away anyother unit. I prefer to make each unit of one sheet.

I have illustrated my invention in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 represents a package consisting of duplicate sheets composingeach group or unit, the front one of each of these groups or units beingof smaller area than that behind it. Fig. 2 shows, reduced, a singlesheet, of which the units of the package maybe formed. Figs. 3, 4, and 5show modified forms of sheets involving the same principle ofconstruction. Fig. 6 shows a blank in which the upper sheet is reducedby folding. Fig. 7 shows a section of the composite sheet or unit madefrom this blank.

The sheet shown in Fig. 2 is made of twice the length of the intendedunit of the package, and it is an ordinary rectangular sheet, such aswould be cut from a strip,except that one end is cut oblique to thesides. So out the blank is folded on itself, preferably on a centralline, the oblique end being on the front of the composite sheet or unitwhen it is laid in the package. As laid, therefore, the edge a b liesexposed upon the extended part a b c of the lower sheet of the unit. Thesheets or units, all so laid, are connected and fitted for suspension inany convenient way, as, for example, by an ordinary wire loop putthrough a hole made in the central upper part of the package, as shownat d. The composite sheet or unit may be made (though not soconveniently) of two sheets, one smaller and one larger, and stuck orotherwise fastened together.

In Fig. 3 I have shown another form of blank, in which the smaller sheetor fold s is out both narrower and shorter than the under sheet, thefolding-line e 6 being at the junction of the larger under and smallerouter sheet of the composite sheet. Vhen folded, therefore, the smallerpart lies over the center of the larger, making double thickness wheremost needed. This, in fact, is true of all the forms shown, and thus mypresent invention also effects a saving of paper as well as thedefinition and accessibility of the units. a The dotted lines show thesmaller part m folded on the larger part a.

Fig. 4 shows a form similar to Fig. 3, except that the sides of thesmaller part are cut at an angle starting from the line of junction orfolding e e, and the smaller part m is shown in dotted lines on thefront of the larger n.

Fig. 5 shows another form of blank, in which the larger part 0 is cutwith reentrant angles 2 2 and the smaller part 19 with salient angles 33, the angles being the same for economy of paper. The folding-line e eis in line with the edge of the larger part, and the smaller is shown indotted lines on the larger. The connections and suspending-loop may beat d. In this, as in the other forms, the smaller part is on the frontand covers the central part of the under sheet.

The minor part may be formed by folding under a part thereof, since theessential point is that the upper sheet of the unit or composite sheetshall not cover all of the surface of the under sheet or part, but shallhave an edge exposed upon such under part. In Fig. 6 I have shown ablank for such a composite sheet. length of the package or compositesheet.

This blank is more than twice the- The fold e e is, asbefore, betweenthe two parts of the composite sheet. The part or is the larger or underpart, and m isthe smaller and upper, so made by folding under part ofthe sheet 011 the line f f. The composite sheet so made and folded isshown enlarged in Fig. 7 which is a section taken Vertically, the partsbeing shown as loosely folded for clearness. The under folded portionleaves an exposed edge, as before explained, capable of being grasped,and when the smaller sheet or part m is pulled the whole composite unitis drawn out at once, the pull in this case coming directly on theconnection q and the under fold remaining still folded in the grasp.This under fold, besides reducing the sheet in area, adds a thickness atthe center of the composite unit.

It is not essential that the smaller sheet be reduced in area by anunder fold directly across the sheet. The fold may be angular or in anyshape, provided that it reduces the upper sheet to less area than theunder and have an exposed edge of the ripper upon the In testimonywhereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDGAR JEROME. lVitnesses:

CURTIS T. Booz, S. GRAHAM Booz.

